‘Embarrassing’ – APC Blasts Gov. Otti For ‘Rewarding’ Ex-INEC Returning Officer

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed Governor Alex Otti over the decision to name the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Abia State during the 2023 elections, Professor Nnenna Oti.

Naija News reports that the APC, in a statement through its Publicity Secretary, Uche Aguoru, said the development was a dangerous precedent that could send the wrong message to future electoral officers posted to Abia State for the 2027 elections.

APC described Governor Otti’s move as divisive and embarrassing to the people of Abia State.

The party also claimed that it was wrong to immortalise an electoral officer, stressing that Otti could have named the Bus terminal after notable Abia personalities rather than Professor Nnenna Oti.

APC further called on Governor Alex Otti to consider reversing the project’s naming after Professor Oti.

The statement, “We therefore ask, when did favourable electoral outcomes begin to attract rewards and state-sponsored recognition?

“The APC therefore rejects and condemns in totality the naming of the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal or any public monument whatsoever after Professor Nnenna Oti.

“Such honour is undeserved, provocative, divisive and embarrassing to the people of Abia State.”